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The Farm Animal Welfare Forum brings together a group of influential organisations concerned with improving farm animal welfare.

The organisations involved include the University of Bristol's Animal Welfare and Behaviour Group, the British Vet Association, Compassion in World Farming, the Food Animal Initiative, the Royal Agricultural University, RSPCA, the Soil Association, and World Animal Protection.

Taking the internationally accepted Five Freedoms as our guide, we have identified the most pressing animal welfare issues and developed high-level strategies for addressing them. We believe we can do most to improve the welfare of animals by working collaboratively towards shared strategic objectives.

As our proposed improvements must be economically viable for farmers and businesses in the food supply chain, the Forum includes leading representatives from the voluntary sector, food and farming industries. We also cooperate with other organisations concerned with farm animal welfare that support our analysis and want to work with us to achieve our objectives.